<b><I>Nyctibatrachus mewasinghi</I>, a new species of night frog (Amphibia: Nyctibatrachidae) from Western Ghats of Kerala, India</b>

Abstract

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Influence of microhabitat on the distribution of tadpoles of three endemic Nyctibatrachus species (Nyctibatrachidae) from the Western Ghats, India

“…The genus Nyctibatrachus belonging to the family Nyctibatrachidae is endemic to Western Ghats and consists of 36 species (Garg et al, 2017; Krutha et al, 2017). According to the study by Van Bocxlaer et al, (2012), Nyctibatrachidae originated between Cretaceous and Paleocene periods and underwent in situ radiation in the Eocene epoch.…”

DNA barcoding indicates the range extension in an endemic frog Nyctibatrachus jog, from the Western Ghats, India

“…The genus Nyctibatrachus is endemic to the Western Ghats, India. There are 36 species at present (Biju et al 2011;Gururaja et al 2014;Garg et al 2017;Krutha et al 2017). The characteristics of Nyctibatrachus frogs include wrinkled skin, rhomboid pupils, pointed vomerine teeth, subocular glands and a notched tongue (Biju et al 2011).…”

Database of amphibian vouchers and records available at the Kerala Agricultural University Natural History Museum in Thrissur and an updated checklist of amphibians of Kerala, India

“…The latest publication is by Das (2015) which enlisted 151 species of amphibians from Kerala. Since then, within a span of five years, 30 new species have been added to the checklist of amphibians of Kerala (Abraham et al 2015;Dinesh et al 2015;Howlader et al 2015;Dahanukar et al 2016;Krutha et al 2017;Joshy et al 2009;Vijayakumar et al 2019). This trend indicates that more novelties among the amphibians are yet to be known from Kerala, as are from other parts of the Western Ghats.…”